Turbine.



G. ROTH.

y TURBINE.

l 4AIPMIOATIQ'ISI FILED JUNE 11', 190B.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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G. ROTH.

TURBINE.

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APPLICATION IILIm JUNI: 11, 190s.

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Berlin,

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Be it known that I, CARLROTH, a' citizen of theConfederatin of Switzerland, and resident of 9 Annastrassa Zehlendorf, near Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and. useful 4 lin ro'veinents in Means for Balancing the En Pressure in-Turbines, `of which the following is an. exact specification.v

L0 This invention relates to the means used 2b course not'A subjected tothetotal pressure for. balancing the end pressures in turbines composed wholly or parti 'flow type. -In such turbines it has already.

-been proposed to eec't the balancing by balancing pistons subjected only pressure to a part of the totalfallin the turbine.' The pressure difference exerted on 'the balancing su'rfacewas maintained` bym'eans of labyrinthipacking which was of drop -in the turbine and thereby `losses through friction and-leakage were to some extent avoided.' In arranging the balancing surface in this ay however many difficulties arise. Thus it .is impossible when balancing .ferences in the inthe same pro the Awhole end pressure of a turbine on a singlebalaneing surface in the manner above describedto calculate the amount .of pressure fall and the necessary surface so as to meet i 30 all. conditions.;

In 'all turbines i in winch-.pressure flow ,parts vare employed and arranged on aruin of vdieient diametersgthe pressure dif-j various parts are not always` ortion to the pressurewhich.

is. exertedion te balancing surface; :These difierences in ythe proportion cause end ressures which. of coursefin'the case of arge. diameter turbines introduce very 4o serious loads as Seven small .unbalanced in the case of such lare pressures increasinn with the square of the Again assume the. case of atuibine, composed of two co-axial ressures become of very seriousimportance 4turbines because these small pressure di erences create end iarneter of-thetur ine...

' -parts andarranged to work either with or Sci-ng without condensation and that the' pressure fall inthe first part vbe employed for obtains the end balancing pressure. In

' case' if the. conditions are. arranged as ,ac-

"curatelyas possible by calculatien sof thatressure vbalancing surface.

vthe single. end operatesefcient y with'coi'idensation, these Sp'ecizilcaton oLLetters Patent. 'Applieation medJune 11, 19683 'Serial iti-m4319481 y of the pressure.

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without condensation. Thus it isl practically impossible balancing surface fall acting oli-the area ofthe balancing surface that with overloading and under all the various conditions of working the balancing pressure will be automatically' regulated and equal to the end pressure of the turbine.

The present invention has for its4 object toavoid the objections mentioned above and to provide an arrangement by which' an auto so' select the pressure conan-.icas wiiiiioi 'hold good when .working with a single end pressure balancing surface and the l tomatic regulatin of the. balancing pressure will be secured under allc'onjditions of working .while at the saine time the various rinth tien o 'To 'uns and uit invention consists .in Pff@ viding'the turbine witha plurality 'of balan'i .ing pistons subjected to diereiit end subjected to an end pressure equal only to part ofthe pressure fff ll plurality of banks of labyrinth packing for maintaining the pressure dierencesbetween lehre. ails. 'are arly atacante a fracthe mi P'fssuf fell in the; turbina.,

'pressures the -highest pressure piston being in the turbine and a the dierent balancing surfaces and the total pressure difference being employedfor end alanci'ng. The highest l'pressure dummy piston is connected to a point inter mediate` in the expansion of the steam in the turbine.y

Thus the irstf expansion stage may take -place ina velocity iow turbine or in a pressure flow turbine as hereinafter described with reference to the drawings. The laby-` rinth packings may 'be arranged in various.

positions thus they may be arrangedin steps or stagewise at the high pressure or low pressure end of the turbine'or they may be distributed overboth these ends. The invention is illustrated by way of eX- ample inseveral modifications. w YFigure lis a partial cross section through a turbine diagrammatically illustrating the resent invention, ,ig. 1v jshowin adiferentarrangement ofthe labyrinth pac ings, Fig.. 3lillustrates a form Fig. 2 is a View similar to of the inventionfsiniilar to Fig. 2 as appliedto .a .turbine composed v parts, Fig. 4 is a view sinii ar toFig.l l `sliciiving an arrangein nt in which one of .the labysureend and the other at the low pressure 'end, Fig. is'aview lsiiiiilarfto Fig. 1 and rinth'packings is arranged at lthe high presillustrates a modified `ward and reversing turbine with a modified ends of the drum open to the ex i i l l r l labyrinth pac arranged within one casing, the balancing surfaces and labyrinth packings being arrangedaccording to the present invention, Fig. 11 arrangement of forarrangement of the labyrinth packings. Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 11 and illustrates another modified form of reversing and forward turbine in one casing.

In Fig. 1 there is illustrated a balancing arrangement in which each pressureow art is providedwith a balancing surface. he part u of the diameter d is balanced by the annular surface between the labyrinth packing o and the diameter d. The part of the l diameter d is balanced by means of the'annular surface between the labyrinth packing and the labyrinth packing o2. At the step from the diameter d to the diameter d there 1 s arranged a connection t leading to the space 1' between the labyrinth packing o and t e labyrinth packing o2. The operation of this device is as follows: Steam enters by the pi e a through a nozzle b and impinges on the ve ocity ilow turbine. c. The steam then passes through the iirst stage u of the pressure ow vturbine to the chamber sf and then through the second sta e t ofthe ressure flow turbine to the ex aust ipe The aust space 1c so that the dummy pistons at thev hiO'h pressure end of the turbine are subjecte on' one side to the condenser pressure. The dummy piston or end balancing face arranged bel tween the diameter d and the labyrinth o is subjected to the pressure difference between the entrance side of the pressure stage u and the exhaust lc.' This end pressure is surficient to balance the end forces in the part u. The balancinnr surface ,arranged betweenv the 'ng oland the labyrinth packing o2 is subjected to the ressure difference existing. between the chain er s and the condenser or exhaust pipe c. `Thus the autoi matic regulation of the balancing pressure is divided. over the two balancing faces referred to, so that thendifferent partsof the turbine 0 and i, are, separately balanced land the amount of the total balancing force'will in all cases be suited tothe dierent conditions of working. Further this result is secured without subjectin the labyrinth packings. contained in the anks or sets o and o2 to large pressure drops.

as only to preserve the pressure difference between the entrance side of the turbine part u and the chamber s while the labyrinth packing o2 has only to preservev the pressure stead of the velocity stage turbine c.

lab ranged at the low The labyrinth packingo dilerence existing between the chamber s and the condenser or exhaust c.

In Fig. 2 an arrangement of the labyrinth packing somewhat dierent from that shown in Fig. 1 is illustrated. In this form both the labyrinth packings o3 and o4 are arranged at the low pressure end of the casing instead of the high pressure end. In this case steam enters by the pipe a and passes through the velocity stage c stage u. The pressure of steam at the eritrance side of the high pressure stage u is transmitted to the interior of the turbine drum as can be understood from Fig. 2. The space s is connected by a pipe t to the space r between the packing o3 and the packing o4. The balancing end pressure in this case also is exerted on the annular surfaces e and jl Also the packings o3 and o4 are only subjected to comparatively small pressure drops.

In Fig. 3 the invention is illustrated as applied to a turbine in which the first stage `is carried out in a pressure iiow turbine c2 ipn Fig. 3 the valve z is the overload valve by which steam may be passed directly from the inlet a2 to the entrance siide ofthe turbine a. The arrangement of the parts u2 and t2, the tube t2 are similar'to those illustrated in Fig. 2. The labyrinth packings o and o in this case are also arrangedas described with reference to Fig. 2.

to the iirst pressure flow f In carrying the invention into effect aci cording to the form shown in Fig. 4 steam enters by a pipe a3 and passes through a nozzle b3 into a velocity flow stage cs and then passes through the pressure flow stage a3 to a chamber s3. The chamber s3 may be placed in communication with the interior of the drum by means of an opening g. The steam from the chamber s3 passes through the low pressure stage i3 into the exhaust 7c3. The ends m and n of the turbine, drum `are open. The labyrinth packinglpf smaller diameter o7 1s arranged at the gh ressure end and the yrinth packing o8 o larger diameter is arpressure end. The end balancing surfaces e and f are arranged the former at the high pressure end and the latter at the low pressure end of the drum. Thus in this case it will be seen that a plurality ofv end'balancing faces are rovided While at the same timea correspon in plurality of labyrinth packings are onlysu j ected to comparatively small pressure falls.

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v In Fig. 5 the arrangement is somewhat modified and Ishown as in vi hich the first stage c*1 is of the multi-sta e velocity flow type. Steam entering by t e pipe a* passes' through the velocity stages c4 to a chamber s4 and then through one stage u* to a further annular chamber s and then through the last stage z" to the exhaust cham- 'lhe labyrinth packing of smaller diameter o is of the saine diameter as the applied to a turbine` nected by. openings man .S exists while in the chamber'to the left of 'in' the. pressurev The operation of. this deviceis in principle the same vas those already described.- An enlarged view of these blades as employed inthe turbines a considerable herein describedfis illustrated in Fig. 6. The moving blades 2 ofthe turbine and the Xed blades. 3 are provided with projecting ledges 9 w hich co-act with ledges 8 formed in the drum or casing. In Fig shown as riveted by pins to the blades. They may 'however be formed with the blades as shown in Fig.- 7 and the ledges 8 may be carried by insertionpieces asshown in Fig. 7. Hitherto the blade packings were formed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 that is' to say the blades engaged in recessed parts.v in the drum or casing. 'Ih'e arrangement involved Alengthening 'of the turbine causing thereby a serious disadvantage in the case of large multi-stage turbines. 'By providing the packing faces on projecting parts 8 co-acting with ledges in the' manner j described this avoided. l

ln Fig. 8 there is illustrated a form of acking suitable for use with the fixed nozz es in this case several projections 9 and 92 are arranged on the iixed nozzles to co-act with pro'ections 8, 8 and 82 on'the rotatingr drum. n Fig. 8 the projections 9, 9 and 92are shown as arranged on a blade iiXed to the nozzle .casting 3. These projections however may be arrange aspshown 1n Fig. 9, in which4 separate rings are embedded in the nozzle casting.

disadvantage however is 'I he invention herein described is not only limitedto turbines adapted to run in onedirection but` mayy also -be applied to 'those 'forms of turbines in which a forward and reversing turbine are arranged in one casing. In Fig. '10 there is illustrated a form ofturbine of this kind in u hichhigh pressure steam .enters Vfrom the ends 13 and lllandA exhausts l at the center 15. i ln this case only asing'le end balancing face 16' is 'arranged for the left hand turbine and anotheru single balancing facel? is arrangedfor therevers'ingturbine. In Fig. '1li the .turbinejisshownarranged slightly diii'erentlythat is to s ayj high pres-' y at the-center bythe open-v mgs13." and 14a' and exhausts at the ends by sure ysteam'e-nters end balancing' surface-- The chamber of the chamber .s4 exists.-

the blading. and packing forA 6` the ledges 9 are I6? and 17 being the end balancingsurfaces.

f According tol the form shown' in each turbine is withl reference to Fig. V1, that is to say,-steam at the center .15, rIhe balancing .surfaces -for the left hand turbine are-theaceslS yand- 2.` ln a turbine having several pressure flow parts arranged co-axially, a pluralityoi est pressure piston being connected'to an in- Atermedlate expansion j for preserving the vpressure difference on the opposite sidesof said dummy'pistons.

3. In a turbine having a vhigh pressure velocityloW part -and several pressure flow parts arranged co-axially', a plurality ofA dummy balancing pistons of` dierent diameters and subjectedv to dierent end pressures, said pistons bengarranged stagewise at one end 'of the turbine7 a connection leading from the space between one `stage and the other to an intermediate part of the tur-I bine, a connection from an intermediate part in the expansion of Y pressure dummy piston and labyrinth packings arranged between said stages, substanas described.

d tially v 4. Inaturbine havinga and several pressure flow parts arranged coaxially on different diameters of drum, a plurality of balancing dummy pistons. one .for .each of the-differentdiameters of'drum, :the highest pressure dummy piston, being ex ansion of the steam'and a similar plu- 'raity of sets of lab rinth p ackings maintaining the pressure iiierences between voppoe site sides of the various dummy pistons.

" 5. In a turbine and several pressure. flow parts arranged co axially on different diameters of drum, a pluralityof balancing dummy pistons one each of the different diameters of drum, the

nected tol anf intermediate point the ex- 12 arranged exactly'as described enters at theends 13b and lfband exhausts point in the turbine and a plurality of. sets.of labyrinth packings the steam to the highest high pressure part having a high pressurepart for semaine inname in rig. n Oper.. l at'es as that illustrated in Fig. 10, the surfaces l. 1-9 and the balancing surfacesifor the right j ressure equal only end pressurel balancing pistons subjected each to -different pressure falls and the high-' ico lconnected to an' intermediate point in the i. 1:20

highest.- pressuredummy piston'being con-4 einem pansion ofthe steam, and a similar plurality sets of labyrinth packings to the step from 30 i ..1 of sets of labyrinth ackings arranged stagethe smaller to thelarger diameter of drum. wise at one end of t e turbine for maintain- 8. In turbines having forward and revers- 'Vv i ing the pressure differences between the opingyturbines in one casing, balancing pistons 51:; 5 posite sides of the various dummy-pistons. for said forward and reversing turbines, said '4 6. In aturbine having a high pressure art balancing pistons being subjected to only a 35 and several pressure ilow parts arrange copart of the pressure fal in the turbine. vaxially on different diameters of drum, a plu- 9.' In turbines having forward and revers- '.1 rality of balancing` dummy pistons one for ing turbines in one casing, a high pressure l0 each of the` different diameters of drum, the part and several pressure i'low parts arranged highest pressure dummy piston being conco-axially on different diameters of drum in .10 nected to an intermediate point the eX- both the'forward and reversing turbines, a pansion of steam, and a similar plurality of lurality of balancing dummy pistons in sets ofl labyrinth packings arran ed stageboth the forward and reversing turbines one .15 fwise atthe high ressure end of t e turbine for each of the diierent diameters of drum for maintaining -t e pressure differences bein said turbines, the highest pressure dummy 15 tween the opposite sides 4of i the various pistons being connected to an intermediate dummy' pistons. point in the expansion of the steam and a 7. ln a turbine having a high pressure ve' similar pluralit of sets of labyrinth pacliings 20 locity flow part and two pressure flow arts in each of sai forward and reversing turarranged (3o-axially on two diameters-oi) turbines for maintaining the pressure difl'erences .3o bine drum,' two balancing dummy pistons arbetweenthe opposite sides of the various ranged stagewise at the high pressure end of dummy pistons in said turbines. the turbine, the smaller dummy piston being Inwitness hereof I have hereunto set my 25 in communication with .the outlet of the hand in the presence of two witnesses.

velocity flow( art, two sets of labyrinth CARL ROTH. packings of di erent diameters arranged one' Witnesses:l on each side ofthe second dummy piston and ERNST STUNNsKr,

a connection from the space between the two ELISE FRIESE. 

